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It would reassure me to no end if they would simply notify me that our application has been received at all...

Okay, thanks for the reassurance! @Herjeet I think it's been over 90 days for us (92?), but for all we know they may already have approved us and sent a letter per snail mail. I believe some people only receive a physical letter (no e-mail), so it could be that they're already approved you...

I was just wondering, when you call the CIC people and ask about your application, are they able to tell you that they received the application before they start working on it? My father (our representative) called them a week or so ago and they said that they had no record of the application...

Does that apply to citizens of visa-exempt countries as well? My German girlfriend and I were considering leaving as we had planned (before processing time jumped to 90 days and the Berlin office was shut down), and waiting in Canada for PR, since we're a pretty straightforward case as far as...

Not sure if this helps, but what we did is have three larger folders, one for the Sponsor info, one for the Applicant info, and one for all the relationship + cohabitation info. Within the folders we had smaller sub-folders, each quite specific. So we had one for e-mail records, one for all...

Okay... so getting a visa beyond the initial three-month free period is probably not be an issue, then, since my GF is from a 3-month visa-exempt state? We had planned on moving in the fall, but if we did, my girlfriend's visa exemption would run out around New Year's. We could always move...

So I just discovered that the Berlin office was shut down, and that all our applications will be rerouted through Vienna. Now, we hadn't planned on being especially lucky, but we've booked flights (with cancellation and rebooking insurance, of course!) and were all set to move to Canada a few...

Hey there; just thought I'd check in. They seem to be going rather slow for us February folk, as far as I can tell. Our application was received on Feb 29 (cutting it close; sent on Feb. 14) and we've not heard a word from anybody, not even a peep. We can't sign in using the payment receipt...

Ah, I didn't know that. Thank you! Do they notify us if they send it back? We didn't actually date the cover letter (apparently the application is supposed to be signed and dated - all of the forms are signed and dated, but the cover is only signed), and I'm worried that they might send it...

So our outland application supposedly arrived in Mississauga on February 29th. I've since tried to check my application online using the number on the payment receipt I got from paying the application fees, but it told me "We were not able to identify you using the information you provided."...

Congratulations!! :D

We did it! We sent off our complete application package yesterday, Feb. 14. We're applying as common-law partners, outland, through Berlin. Now I've got my fingers crossed. The number we got from the postal service for tracking the package keeps telling me the package was "delivered" to the...

Thank you for the reply! Good to hear we've got almost everything. I have not worked in Canada for the past five years - is it sufficient to note that I've not been employed in Canada as an explanation as to why I don't have an Option C printout? Or should I somehow get access to a printout...

So we've compiled all our paperwork, and I think we're just about ready to submit the application! However, I wanted to run this by you guys and see if you can spot anything we're missing. This is a total list of everything we will be sending in - if something is missing that we should send...

Apparently, we need to provide 8 photos of each of the applicant's family members. Does this include family members who are not applying for Permanent Residency or any other visas? If the only person applying is my partner, is she the only person we need to send photos of, or do we need to...

This particular question is directed at people who've undergone the common-law sponsorship process from within Germany (sidkrose, I'm thinking of you! :) ). I'm a Canadian student in Germany, and I'm trying to sponsor my German girlfriend (also a student) for permanent residency under the...

I just hope we're straightforward! We're still afraid that common-law status and being students will be a hindrance.

Your situation is a bit similar to mine, actually. My common-law partner and I are applying from Germany; she, however, is originally from the Ukraine (born in the Soviet Union) and she doesn't have any official documentation proving she renounced her Ukranian citizenship (although she did, and...

Thanks for the quick and helpful replies! Now to get everything together, send it in and worry for several months.

So my common-law partner and I have essentially completed our entire application package; we need only to organize things, pay the fees and send them off. But we're not sure where, exactly, to send the application. We will be applying through the Berlin visa office (we both live in Germany at...